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Examples of baleful in a Sentence

the baleful effects of water pollution

a dark, baleful sky portending a tornado

Recent Examples of baleful from the Web

The appetite of Republicans for any bipartisan approach will obviously vary in intensity, depending on what the party can accomplish on its own, and on which potentially baleful developments wherein the GOP needs bipartisan cover.

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Synonym Discussion of baleful

sinister, baleful, malign mean seriously threatening evil or disaster. sinister suggests a general or vague feeling of fear or apprehension on the part of the observer. a sinister aura haunts the placebaleful imputes perniciousness or destructiveness to something whether working openly or covertly. exerting a corrupt and baleful influencemalign applies to what is inherently evil or harmful. the malign effects of racism